Prescription skiing glasses help....anyone.....

Unfortunatly, contacts are a no no for me. i`ve had a cornia graft, so the only lense i could wear would be a hard gas perm. one. I`ve tried this in the past, and it`s just not worth the hassle!

I`ve also found a frame that would work with my prescription. I`m quite liking the idea of the Adidas ones though. Thanks for all the help again.

rob123 wrote:Unfortunatly, contacts are a no no for me. i`ve had a cornia graft, so the only lense i could wear would be a hard gas perm. one. I`ve tried this in the past, and it`s just not worth the hassle!

I`ve also found a frame that would work with my prescription. I`m quite liking the idea of the Adidas ones though. Thanks for all the help again.

over here (Switzerland) you can walk into one of the chain optical places like Visilab and get new glasses in a couple of hours, the last pair I had were some Bolle, they take out the stock lens and make one up. They can take the prescription from your existing glasses.As Bandit says, that only works for certain strengths. It's cheap though, obviously there's a high demand for decent glasses and lenses here.

ise wrote:

over here (Switzerland) you can walk into one of the chain optical places like Visilab and get new glasses in a couple of hours, the last pair I had were some Bolle, they take out the stock lens and make one up. They can take the prescription from your existing glasses.As Bandit says, that only works for certain strengths. It's cheap though, obviously there's a high demand for decent glasses and lenses here.

I do like your shades, though your prescription is clearly much weaker than mine (for example). Some of the issues for optical lens makers are:

*Curvature of the frame/lens causing distortion
*Insufficient depth in the frame to fix a high Index lens
*Frame manufacturers only supplying stock Index lens blanks machined to fit their frames, and labs have insufficient volume to tool up for making others.

Visilab are elsewhere in Europe as well AFAIK

and it varies on branch, Sierre didn't have a machine to do mine but Sion did. Worth knowing if you happen to try.

ise wrote:and it varies on branch, Sierre didn't have a machine to do mine but Sion did. Worth knowing if you happen to try.

Ah, cheers, seen the one in Sierre, I did wonder 8)

Thanks for all your help. I have it sorted now. I also found another site "snowheads" which is also really good for info if you haven't seen it.

Wash your mouth out Freedapeep, one is not allowed to mention S.......s on this site.

freedapeople wrote:Thanks for all your help. I have it sorted now. I also found another site "snowheads" which is also really good for info if you haven't seen it.

is it any good if you have seen it? )